Enjoying Our Mountain Heritage

Student-learning-smithing

As part of their Appalachian thematic unit, Rainbow Mountain’s third and fourth grade students recently enjoyed Fall Festival 2009 at the Arthur Morgan School in Burnsville. Seventh, eighth and ninth graders from Arthur Morgan School planned and coordinated all the events. Over the course of three hours on a gorgeous fall day, each Rainbow child had the opportunity to press cider, dig for potatoes, take a hay ride, paint a mural, taste goat cheeses, and try their hand at blacksmithing; learning first hand how people lived in our beautiful part of the world.

As Lewis and Clark Did

Fifth Grade - Canoe Trip

As part of their Lewis and Clark thematic unit, fifth and sixth-grade students at Rainbow Mountain recently enjoyed a three-day camping trip at Pilot Mountain State Park, near Greensboro. After pitching tents, their days were packed with exploratory hikes, journaling and whittling activities, playing Native American games, and sharing songs and stories around the campfire. A five-mile canoe trip on the Dan River was the highlight for students, teachers and parent volunteers alike.